Horatio Alger shows the clear class distinctions between the poor and the wealthy. As he depicts Dick in Ragged Dick as a boot-shiner who inspires to rise and become successful. He also displays the crowded streets of New York, illuminating images of the wealthy businessman that interact with the poor, whether they be children or adults. Through out reading Ragged Dick the buildings and places that Dick passes in New York and that Alger describes always created an image of crowded, busy, never slumbering streets that made it so hard to become successful. The painting that brings this image to light is the one by George Luks, which shows a crowded group of people flooded on the streets. The whole scene with Dick and Frank in the beginning of the book where he shows Frank around reminds me of this painting.
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